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Savills recently called Edinburgh the "standout star" of the UK prime market, with +7.4% annual property price growth; here Chartered Surveyor Nick Hall flags a pick-up at the top-end, but notes that supply in the Scottish capital 'remains markedly and stubbornly thin'.
Nick Hancock is a Director at the Edinburgh offices of DM Hall, one of Scotland's leading firms of Chartered Surveyors.
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